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London, Feb.17.– Russia and China should not participate in or invest in any supply chain for the British defense sector, The Independent reported on Sunday, citing the House Defense Committee of the British Parliament.

"Investment in defense supply channels by all countries, including Russia and China, which are not on the approved list, should be banned," the newspaper quoted Committee Chairman Richard Drax as saying.

Mpraeso MP urges local Assemblies to promote participatory democracy  

Accra, Feb.16.– The Mpraeso MP, Davis Opoku has advised local assemblies to use new media to promote participatory democracy to ensure transparent and accountable governance.

In his maiden meeting with the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) and staff of Kwahu South Municipal Assembly, the young and affable legislature urged assemblies in Ghana to adopt technology in the discharge of their duties.

 Washington DC, Feb.12.– Former President Donald Trump's lawyers in his unprecedented second impeachment trial closed their defence presentation arguing that the charge brought by the Democratic-controlled House is an attempt to stifle speech and has no constitutional basis.

"Let's be clear, this trial is about far more than President Trump. It is about silencing and banning speech the majority does not agree with," attorney Bruce Castor said, echoing the "cancel culture" theme often voiced by Trump and his supporters.

• China’s top diplomat Yang Jiechi warned the Biden administration not to cross Beijing’s “red line” in a half-hour speech on the evening of Feb. 1. 
• Jiechi instructed United States that it should “strictly abide by the One China principle” with regards to Taiwan, at a dinner hosted by the U.S.-China Business Council and the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations in Washington.

Washington DC, Feb.4.– Xi Jinping's most senior diplomat issued a pointed warning to President Joe Biden about China's "red lines" on Tuesday when he addressed business leaders and experts at a U.S.-China advisory body.

The remarks made by high-ranking Politburo member Yang Jiechi—a past Chinese ambassador to Washington—were "full of Communist Party jargon," a former Pentagon official told Newsweek. Other observers have concluded Yang was very much playing to a domestic audience.